Mar 25, 2022Oscarsmom rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Started with Hamnet, now onto her other novels. Love her descriptive writing, the empathy for quirky, flawed, vulnerable, humorous characters, & for likewise specific places. Hard to put her books down, miss them when I'm done.
Mar 13, 2019feralranger rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Quiet domestic drama spiced with an unrelenting heat wave, family feud and secrets.
Good writing and good reading. A good choice for a book discussion.
When Gretta’s husband leaves home and doesn’t come back, she calls her three adult children home to help. They arrive to a record-breaking heatwave, and no idea how to find their dad.
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Sansha
Jan 27, 2017Sansha rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Another enjoyable read by Maggie O'Farrell. Set within a dysfunctional Irish family who must come together after the disappearance of their husband/father.
Aug 20, 2014uncommonreader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Set during the UK drought of 1976, a father's disappearance brings together his estranged children. Although there is a mystery, which is resolved in Connemara, the novel is about family relationships. The mother is particularly well…
Dec 21, 2013SusieMac rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I love Maggie O'Farrell's work and this was no exception. A bit different to her other works in that it has a somewhat unresolved ending compared to her other novels. This novel is more character-driven than plot driven, so perhaps that…
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carrilis
Oct 18, 2013carrilis rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Reminded me a bit of Mark Haddon's style of writing. About a quirky English/Irish family and how they interact when their retired father disappears. I liked the characters and O'Farrell's writing.
Jul 12, 2013stewaroby rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I love Maggie O'Farrell and I read this book keenly - I always wanted to pick it up again and there was never that feeling of "I'd better get on with this". But...I don't think it's quite up to the standard of her other works. It's still…
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